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as soon as roots have formed.More on growing herbsSow basil seed, video advice from Joe SwiftGrowing peppermint and thyme, with Monty DonDeterring rosemary leaf beetleAdvice on picking herbs

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Oh, Richard, now you have me searching my rosemary bushes and, presumably my oak trees, looking for beetles and crickets. The garden gets more and more exciting the more possibilities there are. Guess what! Because of all this incessant RAIN

through the lens. The ladybirds would have been quite OK for several hours, but a bumblebee would not have been very happy at all. I have recently found lots of small black beetles on my rosemary hedge. Is there a pesticide I can use to get rid of them

the leave and squashing the beetles even if they are mating on my leaves. If i keep getting them may have to just give up with lillies shame. Oh dear ! Having dispatched about a hundred lily beetles, I have just found my rosemary covered in (rather

white one at the entrance to my shed so I shall try to remove when the queen is absent. Reply to Jay. You have the rosemary leaf beetle (which also feeds on lavender). It's spreading quickly across England, but is often not included in garden bug

(sadly, this Palouse earthworm appears to have had a bit of a spade-related accident).In Australia you are much more likely to stumble across a snake than a rosemary beetle (No.6) while quietly rumbling about in the shrubbery. As Australia is home

that there are so many UK travellers roaring over the continent. And it is no surprise to discover ‘new’ European mainland insects arriving back with them into Britain.The rosemary leaf beetle, Chrysolina americana, was first found in the UK in a Kitchen in Disley